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St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington
Harrington Road, Workington CA14 3EE
St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington is a non-selective, Roman Catholic academy. It has 85 staff (about 66 FTEs), including 37 teachers (about 32 FTEs). The present school opened in 2021.
This school is a member of Mater Christi Multi-Academy Trust. (St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow is also a member.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies. Relative weaknesses include Qualified teachers, Assistant:teacher ratio and Staff development.
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Unfilled vacancies: Excellent. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Staff development: Below average. Reported staff development spend is £259 per teacher per year, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.18, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 94%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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